Stuck Inbetween

Stuck Inbetween: Chapter 9

I wake up to the blinding light shining in through the windows of the living room. I roll onto my side and yawn, pushing the covers off of myself, I feel the sudden breeze from the cool air on  my legs, but I brush it off and stand up. I noticed that Lily, and Kim weren't in their sleeping bags, but I smelt the faint sent of bacon and eggs from the kitchien. 

I smiled, as I saw my friends together in the kitchein.

"Hey, guys!" I greeted, sitting on a stool of the island, and grabbing a ready-made plate full of food. 

"Hey Bells, how'd ya sleep?" Kim asked. I pointed my fingure up, signaling for her to wait while I finish chewing the remains of food in my mouth. I swallowed and than looked back up at her.

"Fine, last night was lots of fun, thanks Lily," I thanked.

"No problem, you're welcome anytime," she said, as she took my empty plate and cup and put them in the sink. I looked up at the wall and read the time, 10:42am.

"Well, I'm gonna go pack up, I have to be home by 11," I sighed, as I spun around in my chair, hopped off, and made my way back to the living room. I couldn't help but think about last night while packing, I mean what on earth possesed me to ask Noah out, he is definatly not even near my type. I like guys that are down to earth, and sweet, not guys like him, and Nate that are only looking for one thing, and one thing only. I mean I could still call and cancel, but Lily would call me out, and honestly I don't have the energy for that. I could just go, get it over with, and never talk to him again. Yeah, that sounds like a plan, I'll do that. I finished packing and grabbed my bag and headed by towards the kitchen.

"Kim, you ready to go?" I asked while swinging my bag over my shoulder, and agusting my jacket.

"Yeah, let's go. Thanks again Lily, don't forget to text me," Kim said to Lily, while hugging her.

"No problem, you're welcome anytime," Lily said with a genuine smile on her face. I love how both my best friends have gotten so close, just over one night.

"Yeah, thanks Lil's, I'll talk to you later," I said while hugging her. She nodded a thank you, and walked Kim and I to the door. We said our good byes and headed to my car.

"Did you have fun?" I asked Kim. I'm pretty sure I already knew the answer to that, I just wanted her to say it.

"Yeah, it was great," she said, while smiling. The rest of the drive to Kims house was filled with chatting and singing along to our favourite songs on the radio, especially Midnight Memeries, we jammed out to that. After {hehe after, sorry I had to} I dropped off Kim, I started heading home. I still have tons of homework, I mean what do you expect, today was a P.A. day so the weekend felt longer. I internally groaned. Even when you are smart, homework is a waste of time. I turned onto my street and instately spotted my house. I pulled up into the driveway and parked. I sighed as I grabbed my sleepover bag and opened the car door, stepping out. It was slowly getting cooler and cooler, even though I did live in Cali, it still gets a little chilly. I pushed my keys into the handle and opened the door.

"I'M HOME!" I screeched, letting Mike know I was back.

"HEY!" Mike shouted back, I smiled, some things never change. I hopped up the long staircase and made my way to my room. I still need to find out what Louis was doing in my room. But for now, I just pushed the thought away. I even checked if my journal was still there, which it was. I threw my bag onto the ground and dived into my bed. I am beyond tired, and I could honestly use a nice long bath, and nap right now, but I needed to do my homework. I guess if I do it now I can do those things sooner.

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After I finished my homeowork, I did end up having a bath, but it got a little to late for a nap, so I promised myself to just sleep earlier tonight. As I walked down the stairs for dinner, I heard Mike talking to someone on the phone in the living room. So I stayed at the top of the stairs and tried my best not to be seen. I know it's wrong, but I was curious, and he shouldnt be hiding anything from me anyways. I can tell he doesn't want me to hear about whatever he's talking about because he's whispering. Well, Mike that's where you're wrong, I can hear you just fine. I thought rolling my eyes.

"Don't worry Lou, I won't tell her...yes, I know...okay, ya, I got it, fine, okay, I got to go...alright bye," Mike whispered. Why is he talking to Louis, and who the hell is 'she'. I had a uneasy feeling it was me, but I pushed that feeling away, and started my way down the stairs again.

"Hey Mike," I greeted. I can tell he got scared, beacuse he jumped when I came.

"Oh, hey Bell, how long have you been down here?" he asked, sounding slightly wrorried. It was probably the phone call he didn't want me to hear. The only question is, why didn't he want me to hear it?

"I just came down, why?" I asked, playing dumb, I didn't want him knowing I heard that little conversation with Louis, because than he would hide it more from me, and I won't beable to find anything out. He let out a breath of relif and I could tell, he relaxed a little bit, because his shoulders slumped 

"No reason, so what do you want for dinner?" he asked, changing the subject.

"How about..chinese food?" I suggested. His face instately lit up.

"Yeah, I'll go order some," he said excitedly. I smiled to myself. Even if my brother has changed a lot, he still gets excited over the smallest, cutest things, thats probably one of the characteristics that gets him at the girls. I walked into the living room and grabbed the remote. I switched it onto Criminal Minds and leaned back, enjoying the myserious show. I felt a dip in the couch and I didn't have to turn to see who it was, it was Mike.

"Okay, so they said the food will be here in 20 inutes," he told me, while kicking his feet up onto the coffee table that was placed directly infront of the long couch we were both currently sitting on.

"Awesome," I said, nodding.

Just like Mike said, in exactly 20 minutes, the doorbell rang, and I got up to go get the food. I was heitate to open the door at first, considering the last time I opened the door to get food, I was faced with hell. I sighed swining the door open. I let out a breath of relif when I saw a chubby, short, bald man standing infront of me.

"That will be $25.15," he said in the most bored tone. 

"Alright," I said handing him the money and taking the food. I closed the door and locked it.

"I GOT THE FOOD," I yelled to Mike. We both made our way towards the kitchen to grab some plates and drinks, and then we headed back to the living room. The rest of the night was pretty much spent, eating, watching Criminal Minds, and just relaxing. Just the way I like it, stress free. After I said goodnight to Mike, I made my way back upstairs. While I was brushing my teeth, I couldnt help but think of what Mike and Louis were talking about on the phone. I had so many unanswered questions for the both of them, but I knew it wasn't my time to ask just yet. I needed more proof of whatever it is they're hiding. I put my tooth brush back and changed into my pajamas. 

As I lay in my bed, staring at the cieling, I realized how many things have happened in the last 24 hours. Kim came back, Nate gave me a random hickey, I had to ask Noah out, and Louis...so many things happened with Louis. I wasn't prepared for him to come back yet. I still needed to heal. Just the fact that he came back and acted like he never did anything to me, pissed me the hell off. I mean honestly, the only people who knew what happened between Louis, and I was; Louis, me, and....mom. I just pushed those thoughts away and tried to go to a much better place. Dream Land. Than tomorrow morning I can wake up to hell once again, not to mention school, ugh...

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Hope you enjoyed! What do you think Louis and Mike were talking about? and What do you think happened bewtween Louis and Bella? How about Nate? Team Nate or Noah? Make sure you vote, fan, and comment! Bye!

-Kia <3